1. The Invention Of Blue Jeans. By: Natalie Lopez

2. Who invented Blue Jeans? • No item of clothing is more American than the blue jeans invented in 1873 by Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss. These two visionary immigrants, turned denim, thread and a little metal into the most popular clothing product in the world. Waist overalls, was the traditional name for work pants, which is what these first jeans were called. The word jeans became more popular around 1960 when the baby-boom generation adopted the term for its favorite type of pants, blue jeans.

3. What does this invention do? • Blue jeans help a lot of people very much. They are used by mostly every person in the United States. Therefore, this invention does do something very important 

4. When was it invented? • Blue jeans were invented in 1873.

5. The importance of this invention. • Jeans are now a very popular form of casual dress around the world, and have been so for decades. They come in many styles and colors; however, "blue jeans" are particularly identified with American culture, especially the American Old West. The American population spent more than $14 billion on jeans in 2004.